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Documents that come back on their own

Set a return date at send time. When it arrives, control returns to you automatically.

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What it does

Boomerang schedules a document's return. On the date you chose, access ends and the document comes back under your sole control — without anyone having to act.

Why it exists

Lending a document is normal. Getting it back is not. Boomerang makes the return the default instead of a task nobody remembers.

How it works

1. Pick a return date

Choose it as you send, like a due date on a library book.

2. The recipient uses it

Normal access for the agreed period.

3. The document returns

On the date, access ends automatically.

4. You are notified

The return is recorded in the document's history.

When to use it

Fixed-term engagements

Access ends when the contract does.

Review periods

A reviewer has two weeks, then the draft comes home.

Temporary disclosure

Information shared for one meeting, not forever.

Seasonal access

Auditors, advisers and contractors who return each year.

An example

An auditor is given the ledger for a four-week audit. On day 29 the document returns by itself — nobody has to write the 'please confirm you've deleted it' email.

Questions

How is this different from expiry?

Expiry closes a document. Boomerang is framed as a return: control comes back to you, and you are told when it has.

Can I bring it back early?

Yes — revoke at any point before the return date.

Is the recipient warned?

The return date is part of the document they receive.

Related

Capabilities and guides that work alongside this one.

Expire

Decide at send time how long the document should live. FINIS closes it on schedule, with nothing left for you to remember.

Revoke

One click removes the document from everyone who has the link — instantly, permanently, and on the record.

Control

Recipients, devices, lifetime, watermarking and access — all decided by the sender, all changeable afterwards.

Track

Every open, every recipient, every timestamp — in one history you can show to someone else.

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